Improved corn-planter and lime-spreader combined



M. M. MAGKERLFAI.v

Seed-Planter.

Patented Feb, 1S. 1862.

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M. M. MAOK-ERLEY, OF SOUTH SALEM, OHIO,

.IMPROVED CORN-PLANTER AND LlME-S'PREADERCOMBINED.

Specilicatiou forming part of Letters Patent No. 34,438, dated February 18, 1862.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL M. MACKEE- LEY, ot'.South Salem, in the county ot' Ross and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful machine for the purpose of planting cornand at the same time manuring it; and I do hereby declare that the followin gis a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specicatiomin which- Figure l is atop view ot' my said machine; Fig. 2, a vertical section on the line A A', and Fig. 3 a vertical section on the line B B.

My invention consists ot' a simple, cheap, and efficient machine for the purpose ot planting corn and for manuring it on the hill as fast as it is planted. v

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe the construction and operation thereof.

Similar letters of reference represent corresponding parts ot' the diti'erent tigures of the aforementioned drawings.

A represents the mainframe of the machine; B, the handles; F, the seed-box; D, the dropper, which has a reciprocating' motion in the bottom of lthe said box,imparted to it by means of the eccentric Q on the shaft Pand the link c. The dropper has two receivers, d d, made in it, which more alternately' over the delivery-hole t, so that two hills ot corn are dropped everytime the eccentric makes an entire revolution. The piece E, which sits across the bottom of this box and the dropper and directly over the delivery-hole t, prevents any more seed from passing through said hole than is brought to it by the receivers rl d.

N is a double mold-board and share, which is made to straddle the lower part of the seedbox, so that the dropper D Works between th two mold-boards of the share. i

Upon the rear end of the frame A a frame, K, is erected, and to it is secured the manurebox H, the bottom end of which leads into a valve-box, J, in which there are two pin-valves, I I. This box J is held in its position under the box H by means of a spring or springs, e,

Fig.3, secured to the said box and tothe framebox O, which surrounds the whole. The valves I consist of cylindrical pins, the sides of which are grooved from the bottom of the box H to the bottom of the box J. The grooves are shown at a a. Fig. 4 shows a cross-section of the said valves, taken between the boxes.

Now, suppose the box F to be filled with seed and the boxI-I with lime, the wheel Gin revolving will bring the pins e e against the dogf, hinged to the bottom ot' the box J, and raise it, (the springs b yielding,l th us forcing the valve I up and allowing a small quantity ot' lime to fall in the box J from the box H, and which will be sifted through the holes b on the face ofthe wheel G, by which itwill be carried' down on the hillot' corn. The relation of the eccentric Q and the pins e on the wheel G is such as to cause the pins to strike the dogf and raise the valves l every time the 4eccentric causes the dropper I) to discharge,

Whether the succeeding hills are planted in their proper relative positions. y

Having thus described the construction and operation of my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The box F, the plow N, the valve D, the box H, the eccentric Q, the connecting-rod c, pins e e, valves I, box J, and dogf, the whole to be constructed and arranged with respect to each other substantially in the manner described, for the purpose speoited.

MICHAEL M. MAOKERLEY.

Attest HENRY BESTER, M. V. GERRARD.

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